The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will be taking part in the Forum della Pubblica Amministrazione 2012, which will run from Wednesday 16 to Saturday 19 May 2012 at Rome’s trade fair centre, the Nuova Fiera di Roma. The MFA will be exhibiting in Pavilion 8, stand 10B, where citizens and businesses will find information on its main activities and obtain answers to their requests for services.
The attached programme sets out the Ministry’s presentations and workshops (Officine PA), which will be divided into 4 themes and will take place at our stand on each of the 4 days.
In addition to the workshops, the Ministry has organised a seminar on “Globalisation and the Promotion of Human Rights: the new technologies and the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” (Thursday 17 May). The programme also includes a conference to present the MFA Cloud project (Friday 18 May), the first experiment in putting the new cloud technology to the service of an Italian government department.
Journalists and camera operators interested in following the event are asked to apply for accreditation online at http://profilo.forumpa.it/forumpanet/giornalisti.php?a=tessere&action=form (section Area Stampa a Forum PA 2012 / Accredito stampa). Please provide an active email address to which confirmation of your accreditation will be sent; this should be printed out and displayed at the entrance to the Fair.
Journalists and camera operators should go directly to Forum PA 2012 at the Nuova Fiera di Roma, in Via Portuense no. 1555 (North entrance Pavilion 8 (ingresso Nord – Padiglione 8)). Please inform this Office of any individual events you wish to attend (tel. 06/3691.3432 – fax 06/3691.2122 – e-mail: accreditamentostampa@esteri.it).
Television crews wishing to bring vehicles into the Fiera di Roma grounds should apply for authorisation in advance by email at segreteriaespositori@forumpa.it, providing the names of crew members, the vehicle registration number, and the day and time for which access is required.
The MFA at Forum PA – Programme
(Rome, 16-19 May 2012)
Wednesday 16 May “Innovation at the MFA”
Officine:
h. 11.00 Video screening and presentation on the work of the Crisis Unit for the European Football Championship 2012 (organised by the Crisis Unit)
h. 12.00 Presentation on initiatives to promote integrity and transparency. ZOOPPA video and graphics award (organised by the Secretariat General – Crisis Unit)
h. 15.00 Video screening and presentation on Remote Consular Services (organised by the Directorate General for Management and Information and Communications Technology)
15.30 Video screening and presentation of the “Green Farnesina – Photovoltaic” project (organised by the Directorate General for Management and Information and Communications Technology)
h. 16.00 Presentation on the CFSP/CSDP Portal (organised by the Directorate General for Political Affairs and Security)
Thursday 17 May “The MFA and Training”
Morning: Seminar on “Globalisation and the Promotion of Human Rights: the new technologies and the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”
Workshops:
12.00 The diplomatic service and other careers in the MFA (organised by the Directorate General for Human Resources, Budget and Innovation)
15.00 The MFA’s scholarship programme and the internationalisation of the university system (organised by the Directorate General for Country Promotion)
16.00 The ISDI’s training programmes and the MFA-Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) programme (organised by the Diplomatic Institute)
Friday 18 May “The MFA: Cooperation and Emergencies”
10.00/18.00 Conference on the 2nd National Conference on the G-Cloud: the MFA Cloud Project (organised by the Directorate General for Management and Information and Communications Technology)
Workshops (organised by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation – DGDC):
h. 10.00 Screening of the “NO GAME” documentary and presentation on the humanitarian demining work in Afghanistan
h. 11.00 Screening of the “African Women” documentary and presentation on initiative for the Nobel Peace Prize for African Women
h. 12.00 Presentation on “CinemArena” initiative
h. 15.00 Presentation on the work of the Iraq Task Force
h. 16.00 Presentation on DGDC best practice on the standardisation of emergency initiatives
h. 18.00 Presentation on the “Agricultural supply chains in Oromia” programme in Ethiopia
Saturday 19 May “A round-up of activities”
Workshops:
from 11.00 Screening of films from the previous workshops and CinemArena films dedicated this year to the “Travelling Cinema Caravan” project, which produced videos in a number of African countries (Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal and Uganda).
